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A series of infections that are directly or indirectly connected to a particular source.  

A type of nerve fiber that transmits slowly and gives rise to the sensation of dull, diffuse, or burning pain, A-delta fiber. Very small-diameter nerve fiber that carries information regarding pain and temperature.  

A parasitic worm. A type of tapeworm.  

A reservoir for refuse and water with walls sufficiently porous to allow seepage into the surrounding ground.  

The process of stopping, as in of smoking.  

An incision through the abdominal wall and the uterine wall for the delivery of the fetus when birth through the birth canal is impossible or dangerous. The procedure was included in Roman law in 715 B.C. as a means of salvaging the fetus or to provide for separate burial in the event of the mother’s…

Cesarean section.  

The lower and narrow end of the uterus. The neck of the uterus through which menstrual flow and the fetus pass; structure subject to tears during delivery of a fetus. The neck of the womb or uterus, placed partly above and partly within the vagina. The neck of the uterus; the lower part from the…

Mucus in the mouth of the cervix that prevents bacteria or other foreign substances from entering the uterus and infecting the fetus.  

The opening of the cervix.